I recorded this mighty long 1hr 9min DEMO and it mostly has Hip-Hop but also has some R&B and Mainstream Genre's as well. I'm new to Wavelab 6 and I have been playing around with some of the effects and then burning a CD and then listening to it in my car as I have a nice stereo with some subs to get an idea of how it sounds. I just want to know if anyone knows any good effects to use for my situation. Oh yea I recorded this in Cubase Essential 4 as well.

I have normally been using a mix between some or all of these: Peak Master, Puncher, Spectralizer, EQ-1, Q and the Meta Normalizer Equal Loudness (RMS) and Equal Peak Level. I also talked to steinberg tech support today and the guy told me to try the Multiband Compressor and use the FM Radio preset. I tried that along with Peak Master, Q, and Puncher and it sounded good but not quite right. It also had some crackling or static as well and wasn't loud enough for me.

I also haven't noticed a difference between the Meta Normalizer Equal Loudness (RMS) option compared to the Meta Normalizer Equal Peak Level.

I think the loudest CD I've had yet that sounded good but still was missing something was with Peak Master, Puncher, EQ-1, Q.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated?

Oh yea on the far right side the Master Output Volume, its default set on 0 (db - I think) and I was also curious on if I should move this up to make it louder or just leave it a 0 and make all my adjustments with the effects. And if the bars go above the 0 is that bad?